taken in the management of 



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" gi-Auhd by the fide of the plants, to which they will 

 faften themfelves, and climb to the height of eight or 

 ten feet, and bear plenty of fruit from the ground 

 upward. The Dutch and French prcferve great quan- 

 tities of the large Dutch Beans for winter ufe, which 

 they ftew, and make good with gravy and other 



fauces. 



There are fome perfons who raifc thefe in hot-beds, 

 in order to have them early. The only care to be 



thefe plants when thus 



raifed, is to allow them room, and gi\^e them as much 

 air as can be conveniently when the weather is mild, 

 as alfo to let them have but a moderate heat ; for if 

 the bed is over hot, they will either burn or be drawn 

 up fo weak as feldom to come to good. 

 The manner of making the hot- bed being the fame 

 as for Cucumbers, &c. need not be repeated in this 

 place ; but only obferve, when the dung is equally le- 

 velled, to lay the earth about four or five inches thick, 

 and let the great fteam of the bed pafs off before you 

 fow the feeds. The time for doing this muft be pro- 

 portioned to the feafon when you would have the Beans 

 for the table, but the fureft time for a crop is about 

 a week in February. 



The manner of faving the feeds of thefe plants, is to 

 let a few rows of them remain ungathered in the 

 height of the feafon ; for if you gather from the plants 

 for fome time, and afterwards leave the remaining for 

 feed, their pods will not be near fo long and hand- 

 fome, nor will the feed be fo good. In autumn, when 



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you find they are ripe, you Ihould in a dry feafon pull 

 up the plants, and fpread them abroad to dry ; after Jf 

 which you may threfh out the feed, and preferve it in 

 a dry place for ufe. 

 PHELLANDRIUM, Water Hemlock. 



There are two fpecies of this genus at prefent known ; 

 one of which grows naturally in Handing waters and 

 deep ditches in feveral parts of England, the other 

 is found on the Alps ; but as neither .are cultivated, 

 fo I fhall not trouble the reader with any farther ac- 

 count of them. . ■' 



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fide, garniflied with oval fp^ar-fliaped leaves ; thof> 

 upon the young flioots are three inches and 'a half 

 long, and two broad in the ipiddle, iciTening toward 

 both ends, and terminating in acute points^ havix^ir 

 feveral indentures on their edges, their furfaceroueh 

 d of a deep green on their upper fide, bur pale en 

 their under, and have the talk of 

 bers J thefe (land oppofite upon very fiiort foor-ftaji^j 

 The flowers come out from the fide, ajQd at the end 

 of the branches, in loofe bunches, each ftandine^oa 

 a fliort diftinft foot-ftalk ; they have four oval petals 

 which fpread open, with a great number of ft^pijna 

 within, furrounding the ftyle. The flowers arev/hitc 

 and have a ftrong fcent, which at fpme diftance re- 

 fembles that of Orange-flowers, but when near is' too 

 powerful for mofl: perfons. Thefe appear the latter 

 end of May, and continue great part of June, but are 

 feldom fucceeded by feeds which ripen in this cgyntry. 

 This flirub rifes feven or eight feet hic^h. 



There is a variety of this with variegated leavj?s ' 

 which fome people preferve in their gardens-, but as 

 the fl:ripes generally difappear whea tl^e. plants ar^in 

 health, fo it makes little appearance. 

 The fecond fort is of humble growth, feldorn riQng 

 above three feet high; the leaves are fhorter than 

 thofe of the former, and approach near to an oval 

 form ; they are but little indented, on their edges. 

 The flowers come out fingly from the fide of the 

 branches, and have a double or trebk row of petals 

 of the fame fize and form as the other, and the flpwers 

 have the lame fcent ; but this fort flowers very rarely, 

 fo is not much efl:eemed. 



Both thefe are extreme hardy, and will thrive in al« 

 mofl: any foil or fituation, but will grow tajlei; in light 

 good ground than in that which is ftifi^ Jh^ey are 

 ufually propagated by fuckers, which are fent out (rpm 

 their foots in great plenty, thefe Ihould be takea 





from the old plants in autumn, and planted in a nur-' 

 fery to grow one or two yeairs till they have obtained 

 fl;rength, and then they flaould be tr4nfpla.nted tq the 

 place where they are defigned to remain. TKey arc 

 PHILADELPHUS. Lin. Gen. Plant. 540. Sy- j' commonly difpofed in wildernefs work, among other 

 < ringa. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 617. tab. 389. Syringa, [" flbrubs of the fame growth, where they add to the 

 Pipe-tree, or Mock-orange. " -^ - - . • 



The Characters are. 



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• M hatb a permanent empalement of one leaf cut into Jive 



• acute farts fitting upon the germen. It hath four or 

 ■five roundijh plain petals which fpread open^ and twenty 



er more awl-fiaped ftamina inferted to the empalement^ 



terminated by ere£l fummits with four furrows. - The ger- 



men isfituated under the flower ^ fupporting afienderjlyle 



' divided in four parts ^ each being crowned by a Jin- 



' g^^ftig^^y Thegermen afterward becomes an oval acute- 



■ pointed capfule having four cells^ which are filled, with 



• f mall oblong feeds. 



This |;ehus of plants is ranged in the firft leflion of 

 Linnseus's twelfth clafs, which Includes '^thofe plants 

 whofe flowers have about twenty ftarhina, which'are 

 fixed either to the petals or erapalerftent of the flower. 

 The Species are.^^'-^^^^^ 



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variety. 



The third fort grows naturally in Carolina, and is, as 

 yet very rare in Europe. This rifes wUh a fbrqbby 

 fl:alk about fixteen feet high, fending out flender 

 branches from the fides oppofite, garnifhed with 

 fmooth leaves fliaped like thofe of the Pear-tree, 

 which are entire, fl:anding alfo oppofite on pretty'Iohg 

 foo^fl:alks. The flowers are produced at the end of 

 the branches ; they are large, each having foyr aval 

 petals which fpread open, and have large empale- 

 ments, compofed of four acute-pointed leaves. The 

 petals are white, and within thefe {land a great niim* 

 her of Ihort fl-amina, "terminated by yellow funimits. 

 The flowers are fucceeded by oval capfules, filled with 

 fmall feeds. . . ..^ 



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Philadelphus (Coronarius) foliis nibdentatis. Lin, 



Sp. oji\ Philadelphia with indented leaves^ *i Syringz 

 ^, .^y alba, five Philadelphus Aj:henasi. C. B. P. ff^ite Sy- 



" ringa y or Mock-erhnge. ,. .,,.-fc^^--':^^-r-^i^.*r , 

 %, Philadelphus (iV^;/z^j) foliis ovatis fubdentatis, fibre 

 ^ Iblitarip plenol SyringaorMock-orange^ with oval leaves 

 which arefomewhat indent ed^ and double ftov)ersftanding 

 '^'Jingly on the Jides of the branches, ^ Syringa nana nun- 

 s'' quam florcns^ Cat. Hort. Angl. Dwarf Syringa which 



PHiLADitpms (Tnodorus) foliis integcrrimis. Lin. 

 Sp. Plant. 672. Philadelphus- with entire leaves. Phi- 

 ladelphus flore albo rnajore inodoro. Cateflt). Carol. 

 i. p. 84. tab. 84. Syringa with a larger white flower 

 having no fienL 



...This Ihrub is very rare in England, for it rarely will 



- rife from feeds -, I have fown the feeds, which were 

 . fent me J)y the late Dr. Dale from Carolina, two or 



three times without any fuccefs, and others have done 



*fte fame,' which occafions its prefent fcarcity in Eng- 



•/: land i but when the plants are procured from abroad, 



- they may- be propagated by laying down their 

 branches. I had one of the ihrubs which was ftnt 



by the gentleman before-mentioned, which had 

 thriven in the Chelfca Garden near two years ; and 

 fome of the branches which were laid down had put 

 out roots, but they were all defl:royed by cold in the ■ 



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The 0rfl: fort has "been long cultivated in the Englilh 

 gardert^ as^g^ flowering Ihf ub, but the place where it 

 naturally grows J$;t3ncertain. .-This fends up a great 

 number of flender ftalks from the root^ having a gray 

 bark» fending out feveral iliprt braoches from their 



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 PHILLYREA. Tourn. Infl:. R. H. 596. tab. 3^7- 

 Lin. Gen, Plant. 16. Phillyrea, or Mock Privet; la 

 French, Filaria. 



The Characters are, 



-' The flower has a fmall permanent empalement of one leaf, 



- cut into five fegments at the brim . // has one petals ^**^^ 



» vay fhort tube cut into five parts, which turn back- 



' " ward^ and two jhort ftamina ft ending oppofite^ term- 



libasa rgundifo gertnen, 



fupporting 



mted by frngle ereS fummits. 



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